#Hashtags as Intellectual Property
#What #How #CanYou #ShouldYou “[Twitter] told me flat out, ‘These things are for nerds. They’re never going to catch on.’” – Chris Messina on Twitter’s rejection to his idea of hashtag. #WhatIsAHashTag In 2007, Chris Messina, the inventor of the hashtag, first suggested in a tweet, that Twitter users utilise the hash symbol to […]
Fireworks
By Ilangkumanan Kashaban When the clock ticks to 12 o’clock to welcome New Year, it is the most anticipated moment in everyone’s life or at least majority of us to watch, feel, hear and smell the sparkles of fireworks that beautify the sky in every part of the world. With that, I came across an […]
Intellectual Property Protection for SMEs Venturing Abroad
By Pravind KumarThe idea of going global and venturing into the export market seems to be a rather unnerving and formidable endeavour for most local SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in Malaysia. This is evidenced by the fact that SME contribution to export is fairly low at 19% despite accounting for 99% of all business […]
The TPPA Dream: Is it over?
By Joel Cheong While the whole wide world was still reeling from the news of Brexit and Brangelexit (Seriously, who comes up with terms like these?), the news of Donald Trump edging against fellow presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to become the next US president may have overloaded the incredulity meter of most common folks. As those […]
Domain Names Regulations in Indonesia
By Carla Monintja Using the internet is an inseparable activity in our modern life. Internet offers us so many things like information, online social life, and also online shopping in the simplest way. Speaking about online shopping, most of us must have experienced some online shopping for fashionable clothing, electronical products, foods, collectible stuffs and […]
The Curious Case of KYOORIUS Mark
By Rebecca Chong Would past dealings tantamount to bad faith and consequently lead to invalidation of a trademark? Just as it is difficult to ascertain what is fair and what is not owing to the subjectivity of one’s view, accusation of bad faith is a very difficult claim to prove albeit we often think it […]
Using Trademarks as your Competitive Advantage
By P. Kandiah Trademarks indicate the source of the product or service to a customer. That is the primary role of a trademark. However, trademarks have come to play a very important role in today’s business world. How is a manufacturer of products to attract the attention of a customer whose attention is drawn by hundreds […]
IP Rights in UK After Brexit
By Samini Thiruchelvam The people of Britain have spoken and Britain is making its way out of European Union (EU). As the event unfolded, it was amusing to learn how some blamed the baby boomers for the results and how some youngsters have not had the slightest clue about EU! Petition for a second referendum is […]
Post-Grant Amendments In Singapore
By Joel Cheong Eddy Sun is the owner of a Singapore patent for a lightbulb which simulates the morning sun by emitting controlled UV radiation to provide purported health benefits for people who are averse to going outdoors. The patent discloses two ways to achieve this; firstly, using mercury vapour and secondly, through use of wavelength […]
The Catfight in Singapore
By Louis Teo Pets here, pets there, pets everywhere! According to the 2015-2016 APPA National Pet Owners Survey by the American Pet Products Association, the number of households with pets in the US is 79.7 million and of those, the households that own at least one pet is 42.9 million. As some household have more than […]